Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, and its horrible artificial turf.
Rest in pieces: April 10, 1971 - September 28, 2003
As you can see, MLB has come to the conclusion that artificial turf is bad -- only 2 of its teams still play home games on the plastic stuff, and more than half its teams have never done so -- while the NFL, now entering its 51st season (counting the 1960s AFL) with at least 1 team with it, doesn't seem to care.
This will be a rare listing in which I will be including moved teams' entire histories.
Major League Baseball
1. Chicago Cubs, never in 143 seasons
2. Atlanta Braves, never in 143 seasons
3. Los Angeles Dodgers never in 136 seasons
4. Boston Red Sox, never in 118 seasons
5. Cleveland Indians, never in 118 seasons
6. Detroit Tigers, never in 118 seasons
7. Oakland Athletics, never in 118 seasons
8. New York Yankees, never in 116 seasons
9. Baltimore Orioles, never in 65 seasons
10. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, never in 58 seasons
11. Texas Rangers, never in 58 seasons
12. New York Mets, never in 57 seasons
13. San Diego Padres, never in 50 seasons
14. Milwaukee Brewers, never in 50 seasons
15. Colorado Rockies, never in 26 seasons
16. Miami Marlins, never in 26 seasons
17. Arizona Diamondbacks, never in 21 seasons
18. Chicago White Sox, 7 seasons, 1969-75
19. San Francisco Giants, 9 seasons, 1970-78
20. Tampa Bay Rays, 21 seasons, 1998-2018 and counting
21. Kansas City Royals, 22 seasons, 1973-94
22. Seattle Mariners, 23 seasons, 1977-99
23. St. Louis Cardinals, 26 seasons, 1970-95
24. Washington Nationals, 28 seasons (as Montreal Expos), 1977-2004
25. Minnesota Twins, 28 seasons, 1982-2009
26. Cincinnati Reds, 31 seasons, 1970-2000, 1st in MLB history to do so without a roof
27. Pittsburgh Pirates, 31 seasons, 1970-2000
28. Philadelphia Phillies, 33 seasons, 1971-2003
29. Houston Astros, 35 seasons, 1965-1999, 1st in MLB history to do so
30. Toronto Blue Jays, 42 seasons, 1977-2018 and, it appears, counting
National Football League -- Note that preseason games don't count
1. Green Bay Packers, never in 100 seasons
2. Washington Redskins, never in 88 seasons
3. Cleveland Browns, never in 70 seasons
4. Denver Broncos, never in 59 seasons
5. Oakland Raiders, never in 59 seasons
6. Los Angeles Chargers, never in 59 seasons
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, never in 43 seasons
8. Jacksonville Jaguars, never in 28 seasons
9. Carolina Panthers, never in 28 seasons
10. Miami Dolphins, 6 seasons, 1970-75
11. San Francisco 49ers, 9 seasons, 1970-78
12. Baltimore Ravens, 13 seasons, 2003-15
13. Houston Texans, 17 seasons, 2002-18 and counting
14. Arizona Cardinals, 18 seasons, 1970-87
15. Los Angeles Rams, 21 seasons, 1995-2015
16. Kansas City Chiefs, 22 seasons, 1972-93
17. Atlanta Falcons, 27 seasons, 1992-2018 and counting
18. Chicago Bears, 29 seasons, 1971-87 and 2001-02
19. Tennessee Titans, 30 seasons, 1968-96 and 1998
20. Pittsburgh Steelers, 31 seasons, 1970-2000
21. New York Jets, 32 seasons, 1984-99 and 2003-18 and counting
22. New England Patriots, 33 seasons, 1971-90, 2006-2018 and counting
23. Philadelphia Eagles, 34 seasons, 1969-2002
24. Indianapolis Colts, 35 seasons, 1948-2018 and counting
25. Minnesota Vikings, 37 seasons, 1982-2018 and counting
26. New York Giants, 40 seasons, 1976-99 and 2003-2018 and counting
27. Seattle Seahawks, 43 seasons, 1976-2018 and counting
28. Detroit Lions, 44 seasons, 1975-2018 and counting
29. Buffalo Bills, 46 seasons, 1973-2018 and counting
30. New Orleans Saints, 48 seasons, 1971-2018 and counting
31. Cincinnati Bengals, 49 seasons, 1970-2018 and counting
32. Dallas Cowboys, 49 seasons, 1970-2018 and counting
Doesn't it feel good to see the Dallas Cowboys dead last? Not if you have to play on their lousy field.
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